Pakistan tests nuclear-capable Ghauri missile

Rawalpindi- Pakistan today successfully conducted a training launch of Ghauri missile, capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads up to a distance of 1,300 kilometers. According to Inter Services Public Relations, a strategic missile group of the Army Strategic Forces Command fired the ballistic missile.

The launch was witnessed by senior officers, scientists and engineers of strategic organizations. While congratulating the scientists, Director General Strategic Plans Division Lieutenant General Zubair Mahmood Hayat expressed his full satisfaction over the excellent standard achieved by the armed forces of Pakistan.

President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also congratulated the scientists and engineers on the achievement.